Unmasking the Heiress by Sisi Yea

Chapter 24

+25 BONUS

Evangeline never imagined Walter would show up at the hospital in the dead of night and act like a madman. Had Julia left him wanting?

The memory of the night's betrayal with Julia pierced her heart with an invisible needle, each thought of a suffocating sting.

Evangeline bit Walter's shoulder, her bite a desperate act of defiance.

Walter gasped, the sharp pain a testament to her surprising strength. He had not even gotten over the kick she had delivered to his leg last time, and she bit him.

"Do you enjoy biting people?" Walter grunted, wincing.

Evangeline felt a twinge of satisfaction seeing his usually stoic face twist in pain. "Put me down now, or I'll call the guards!"

Walter's striking features were inches away as he firmly grasped her chin. "You've got two choices: One, I put you down and we show your grandpa your disheveled state. Two, keep quiet and come back with me."

The mention of her grandpa silenced Evangeline's struggle. Walter had found her Achilles' heel. She did not want their issues aired in front of her grandpa.

Her heart seethed with resentment, but she fell silent, refusing to meet his gaze.

Walter carried her, and for the first time, she was as docile as a little kitten in his arms.

His expression was icy, devoid of warmth, though inside, a fire raged, like kindling ready to ignite.

Walter took Evangeline back to their house, to the bedroom they shared as a married couple. He placed her on the master bed and, with a stern expression, stripped off her shoes and socks.

"What are you doing?"

bed flashed in her mind, and she instinctively jerked her foot away. Please, keep your distance. You

10

breath assaulting her senses like venom. "You think you're pure with other men? I'd love to see just how pristine you really are!" His eyes were deep pools of darkness, and the woman squirr him only fueled his fire. Walter's

felt his strong hands pinning her arms, ripping at her dress. A terrifying sense of powerlessness washed over her as if she were plummeting into an abyss. His

consume her whole.

with the chaos you've stirred up, ready to strike me for your darling?"

over her features. "Who did this to you?" "Mind your own business! Get

+25 BONUS

to desperately want Walter's children, but he

her, fresh from

brewing in Walter's handsome face as he surveyed her injuries, the turmoil in his eyes

rang.

of Walter, and Julia's voice burst

now you've gone and had someone attack Ruby's family.

you're next on the list," Evangeline's retort

The message was intended

on the other end of the line, unaware that Walter was standing next

mess you've made. By the way, Walter rushed out so early

laugh, she retorted, "He's here with me, says the tie's too dirty to bother with.

somewhere!"

that, Evangeline ended the

he was not defending Julia's honor, but her own. She had

as if

saw it before, Walter, but you're such a saint, always playing the hero for everyone but your own wife," mused Evangeline

of conscience, but he was just

coming either, that James would drag